Teens Hack On-line $160 Mil Shopping Spree

BERLIN
(Reuters) – Three German teenagers were being investigated for fraud
Friday after they spent $160
million in a two-hour
Internet shopping spree because they were "bored," authorities
said Friday.

The 19-year-olds splashed out on light aircraft, patents, industrial
machinery, restaurants and artwork after hacking into an account on an
Internet auction site.

"They gave boredom as the motive and made no attempt to disguise
what fun they had buying only the most expensive things," according
to police in the western town of Limburg.
They said state prosecutors are investigating.

from Reuters